ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
capsella: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a small box or coffer, Petr. 67, 9; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 6, 8 sqq.